DIY science is the perfect way to use your creative skills and learn something new. With the right supplies, some determination, and a curious mind, you can create amazing experiments that open up a whole world of possibilities. At home-made laboratories or tech workshops, makers from all backgrounds can explore new ideas by finding ways to study their environment in novel ways – allowing them to make breathtaking discoveries!
Jason @ Hackszine writes – The greatest feature of the navigation system used in Lexus and Toyota autos is undoubtedly the lockout mode which occurs automatically whenever the car is in motion. Somewhere deep inside the navigation system, the fascism bit is toggled for your protection and certain features, namely destination input, are completely disabled. […]
Craftster user Altered Angel shares her clever tutorial for making recycled soda can charms. These would be so fun to make out of wacky-looking imported soda cans, too. Link.
Rachael Rabbit is having a fun giveaway contest on her blog. Simply leave a comment on her blog before 12 noon EST on Valentine’s Day and you’re automatically entered to win one of her cute new Green Bunny reusable grocery totes. These sturdy bags fold down to a 4″ x 4″ square so you can […]
Jeff at Out Your Backdoor recreated his brother’s fast sled design this winter: What you do is take a plastic tub sled ($10 hardware store) and screw a pair of XC skis to the bottom of it—if it’s a sled for kids—or a pair of metal-edge downhill skis if adults might use it. Use stout, […]
The latest Citizen Scientist has a great article about knots Dorian M. Raymer! – What governs the annoying formation of random knots in strings, cords, and garden hoses? Mathematicians have studied knots for more than a century, but only in the abstract. As physicists, we have also found this to be an interesting physics problem. […]
Nice bike/scooter hybrid great project from a 13 year old maker, nice work! – Link.
Andrew writes – A while back, Roo Reynolds posted about his experiments with Reactivision. Reactivision is a really neat way of building what’re called tangible user interfaces; it’s a bit of software which reads in video being captured by a webcam and tracks the position (and rotation) of special blobs called “fiducial markersâ€. In other […]
